Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Darkest Temptation by Danielle Lori

64 reviews

kitsuneru's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

ronan is so funny but also so perfect and gah. mila pissed me off near the end. like dude i hate when characters don’t communicate and talk about their feelings. like this book could’ve been shorter if they just talked. but it was a happy ending so ig i’ll let it slide. and also i love ronan so much he’s so 😩 i will defend him till the day i die.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Cursing, and Gun violence

danyclarice's review

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Where do I even start with this one?

I personally found it too difficult to suspend my disbelief when it came to Mila and Ronan's relationship. Up until about 75% into this book, the plot revolved around Ronan's sick sexual fantasies and Mila's daddy issues. I mean, cool, great- very twisted and dark- but fine I can get round that. Just please, please add something else to the plot! Everything was rushed and wrapped up at the end leaving the middle incredibly boring that made it hard to keep going. 

There were a lot of side characters and side plot lines like Mila's mother, Nadia, Albert; I would have loved to have delved deeper into these characters to flesh out the main plot. 

Ronan is a an absolute psychopath, and unlike Christian who took himself to therapy and showed genuine compassion, I just couldn't bring myself to root for Ronan and Mila to end up together. Fine, yes, the ending was incredibly sweet as expected of the author in this series but overall, definitely this book is an outlier in this series. 

Spice Rating: 3/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

zayyssa's review

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This killed the series. Even in my Russian-mafia standard this was off. There was tension, yes, but there was no chemistry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Confinement, Child abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Trafficking, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Grief, Drug use, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Drug abuse

Stockholm Syndrome. Emotional Torture. Manipulation. Forced confinement in one room. Female MC tied to bed, naked.

yosita's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

5.0

HEA: Yes
Standalone: Yes (3rd book, mentions of charas from book 2)
POV: Dual 1st
12 years age gap (she's 20, he's 32)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

iemilia's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual content, and Blood

delery's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.5

i haven't felt physically violent in a while, but this book made me want to fight someone. also, made me hate the color yellow.

also genuinely have no idea how this is meant to be a romance. ronan is deplorable piece of shit and mila is a self absorbed idiot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, and Gun violence

rad_blackthorn's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Sexual assault, and Gore

Minor: Drug use and Rape

reisingerovaa's review

dark lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Medical content, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Trafficking and Stalking

Minor: Pregnancy, Addiction, and Animal death

ellezenner's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Blood, Child abuse, Gore, Incest, Sexual assault, Car accident, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence

salusgh's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, and Gun violence